Top 25 Quotes by Gelett Burgess of 57 - Page 3

Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt thee.

Dating, World, Thee

Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.

Men, Knowing, Stupidity

In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.

Children, Cutting, Giving

The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny.

Temptation, Legs, Deny

Gelett Burgess (1916). “The Romance of the Commonplace”

Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.

Philosophy, Yoga, Inspiration

Gelett Burgess (1937). “Look Eleven Years Younger”

It was Matisse who took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly.

Beauty, Land, Ugly

Beware of a woman who signeth not her name to her letters; she will bear watching, aye, she hath a past.

Women, Past, Names

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